What software to use for an online store?

[mlalex]

Hi

I am working to start an online bookstore. Please recommend good software that can fully manage an online shop. At the max. only 2 people will be working initially in this. I know people here have huge experiences. Please help me make the right choice.

Thankyou.
-alex.

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[Phil_C]

Where to start, there's hundreds of different ecommerce shops to choose from as you're probably aware

You need to be more specific, i.e. which OS it's being hosted on, volume of sales expected, payment system requirements, do you need it to be customisable... best to make a full list of your requirements to narrow down your search.

[mlalex]

Phil, Thanks for your time and reply .

I have just registered the website. I havent chosen any hosting plans, OS etc. I plan to achive at least 100 sales a day in 8 to 10 months time. I want credit card processing as well as paypal processing & pls suggest other options as well. I want the software to keep uptodate inventory info too.

I was looking at Oscommerce provided freely with my other webhosting package. it looks good to me from outside. is it safe? can it handle the stuff in real time?

-alex

[RobbieS]

We have been very happy with MonsterCommerce

We have two sites with them.

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[ypsites]

associate-o-matic is super-easy for setting up an amazon store. (If that's the kind of thing you're looking for -- a way to monetize traffic to book sales.)

[mlalex]

This not an amazon associate shop. This is an independent store that sells books, cds, dvds, mp3 downloads etc.

[lizh]

I used X-cart and found it very comprehensive ....did extra stuff like tracked inventory and pushed related products. Also could push out a newsletter easily.
Liz

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[badtzmaru2]

We've used Miva Merchant for almost 2 years now. We are a small-mid size e-commerce store. Simple to set up, but it's very basic in terms of design. However, you can customize it if you know HTML and want to get under the hood a bit. Overrall, we've been pleased. If you do go with a Miva store, spring for the support package (its about 200 bucks). You can call with any question and their support is excellent. Best of luck!